Witnesses: Extremists abduct 17 girls in northeast Nigeria

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Boko Haram jihadi group attacked Pemi, a village in the Chibok local government area of Borno state. The state is where Boko Haram's decade-long insurgency against the Nigeria government has been concentrated. The abduction of the girls from Pemi recalled the 2014 kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls.

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Witnesses: Extremists abduct 17 girls in northeast Nigeria

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Witnesses: Extremists abduct 17 girls in northeast Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists have abducted 17 girls in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said Saturday as the West African nation’s military said it “remains resolute in decisively countering the terrorists.”Members of the Boko Haram jihadi group attacked Pemi, a village in the Chibok local government area of Borno state, on Thursday, two residents told The Associated Press. The state is where Boko Haram’s decade-long insurgency against t…

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